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No. 242,797. Patentedlune 14,1881;

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ISAAC s. SHERWIN, on FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,797, dated June 14, 1881.

Application filed August 24, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I. S. SHERWIN, of Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen, and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grates and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in gates; and it consists in combining with a sliding gate an improved device for supporting it, and allowing it to be freely turned at will, the said device consisting of an intermediate bearin g for supporting the top rail of the gate, beveled lugs or projections for confining the gate in its place, and at the same time allowing it sufficient play, and a fluted shank, whereby the device may be securely fastened to a gate-post or other support without the use oftools, thus producing an extremely cheap, durable, and serviceable gate, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

The above-mentioned objects I attain by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of theimproved device upon which the gate slides, and its mounting detached from the fence. Fig. 2 represents a view of the device detached from its mounting. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of the gate, showing the same closed 3 and Fig. 4, a side elevation showing the gate open.

The letter A indicates the improved device upon which the gate is intended to slide, and which is designed to take the place of the usual friction roller or rollers. The said device is constructed of cast metal with a fluted shank, B, by means of which it can be driven in an ordinary auger-hole bored in the wooden mounting G, the corners or edges of the shank cutting a proper seat for it, so that it will be securely retained against all possibility of turning without the employment of additional tools. The said device is formed with lugs or upright projections D on opposite sides, the inner faces of such lugs or projections being beveled to an edge, E, forming angular bearings for the opposite sides of the upper rail of the gate, and the intermediate portion of the device is (No model.)

formed with a rounded or convex bearing-surface for the lower face of said rail, the rail being adapted to rest and slide upon said bearing-surface.

The letters F, Gr, and H and H indicate the gate-posts. Of these the posts H and H are the main supports of the gate, the wooden mounting-block 0 being secured to said posts, respectively, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The said block is beveled on opposite sides at each end, the flat sides being seated and secured to the posts H and H, respectively, by means of screws or other equivalent devices. construction permits the block to be reversed and the device A to be secured to either side, so as to mount either a right or left hand gate.

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The post G is provided with a longitudinal slot, in which one end of the gate I is adapted to rest when closed. The said post is also provided with a transverse pin, K, over which the tapering end L of one of the rails is adapted to slide. The said post has pivoted in the slot above the pin a pawl, M, which is adapted to drop upon the end L of the before-mentioned gate-rail and lock the same firmly in position when closed, the said end Lbeing beveled, so as to raise the pawl automatically when the gate is pushed to its place. The gate is provided with levers M N, by which the pawl M may be elevated to release the gate, either by a pedestrian or mounted horseman. The upper rail, 0, of the gate rests in the device A, and the lower rail in a device, P, similar to the device A, with the exception that the lugs, instead of being beveled to an edge, are simply rounded on their bearing-surfaces.

The post F, before'mentioned, is provided with a hooked support, Q, which is constructed of metal and driven into the said post.

The operation of my improved gate will be readily understood from the foregoing description, andis as follows: The gate beingin aclosed position, as shown in Fig. 3, to open it the gate is unlocked by operating either of the levers attached thereto. It is then forced hack in a direct line until it balances on the device A,

when it is turned therein at right angles and the central rail .seated in the hooked support Q, which holds the gate in an open position. To close the gate the operation has simply to be reversed.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I [0 Patent, is have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of An improved device provided with beveled August, 1880.

side bearin s for limitin the swin of the ate an interme giiate bearin g for sugi imrting the ISAAC SHERWIN' gate-rail, and a fluted shank, whereby it may Witnesses:

be driven into a wooden support and prevent- H. AUBREY TOULMIN,

ed from turning, in combination with a slid- CHAS. S. LOCKE.

in g gate, substantially as shown and described. 

